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Americans have voted to decide whether Donald Trump's Republicans maintain their grip on the US Congress, or if Democrats can slow the president's agenda after a divisive campaign marked by clashes over race, immigration and trade.

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Trump's Aust ambassador pick 'honoured'

Donald Trump's pick to fill the longtime vacant US ambassador to Australia role says he is honoured by the nomination.

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Families farewell Lion Air crash victims

Family members and friends have farewelled loved ones who died in a plane crash in Indonesia in an emotional memorial service at the crash site.

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Unknown Aust soldiers buried in Belgium

Two unknown Australian soldiers and an unknown British soldier have been laid to rest more a 100 years after they were killed together on the Western Front during World World One.

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Four bodies found in French building ruin

A fourth body has been found in the ruins of two buildings that collapsed in the southern city of Marseille.

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Cameroon's Biya sworn in for 7th term

Cameroon's President Paul Biya, sub-Saharan Africa's oldest leader, has been inaugurated for his seventh term in office amid rising separatist unrest.